Aerial swarms: Recent applications and challenges

M Abdelkader, S Güler, H Jaleel, JS Shamma - Current robotics reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Currently, there is a large body of research on multi-agent
systems addressing their different system theoretic aspects. Aerial swarms as one type of …

Formation control of unmanned aerial vehicle swarms: A comprehensive review

Q Ouyang, Z Wu, Y Cong, Z Wang - Asian Journal of Control, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The unmanned aerial vehicle formation plays a crucial role in numerous applications, such
as reconnaissance, agricultural plant protection, and electric power inspection. This paper …

The MRS UAV system: Pushing the frontiers of reproducible research, real-world deployment, and education with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles

T Baca, M Petrlik, M Vrba, V Spurny, R Penicka… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
We present a multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control and estimation system for
supporting replicable research through realistic simulations and real-world experiments. We …

Omni-swarm: A decentralized omnidirectional visual–inertial–uwb state estimation system for aerial swarms

H Xu, Y Zhang, B Zhou, L Wang, X Yao… - Ieee transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decentralized state estimation is one of the most fundamental components of autonomous
aerial swarm systems in GPS-denied areas; yet, it remains a highly challenging research …

[HTML][HTML] Towards fully autonomous UAVs: A survey

T Elmokadem, AV Savkin - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have undergone rapid developments in recent decades. This
has made them very popular for various military and civilian applications allowing us to …

Decentralized visual-inertial-UWB fusion for relative state estimation of aerial swarm

H Xu, L Wang, Y Zhang, K Qiu… - 2020 IEEE international …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The collaboration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has become a popular research topic
for its practicability in multiple scenarios. The collaboration of multiple UAVs, which is also …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of different uav swarm control methods on unmanned farms

R Ming, R Jiang, H Luo, T Lai, E Guo, Z Zhou - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unmanned farms employ a variety of sensors, automated systems, and data analysis
techniques to enable fully automated and intelligent management. This not only heightens …

MRS drone: A modular platform for real-world deployment of aerial multi-robot systems

D Hert, T Baca, P Petracek, V Kratky, R Penicka… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a modular autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform called
the Multi-robot System (MRS) Drone that can be used in a large range of indoor and outdoor …

Decentralized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles for search and rescue operations without explicit communication

J Horyna, T Baca, V Walter, D Albani, D Hert… - Autonomous …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we introduce a distributed autonomous flocking behavior of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) in demanding outdoor conditions, motivated by search and rescue …

A survey on swarming with micro air vehicles: Fundamental challenges and constraints

M Coppola, KN McGuire, C De Wagter… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This work presents a review and discussion of the challenges that must be solved in order to
successfully develop swarms of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) for real world operations. From …